agnomentum
Latin
Etymology
From agnōscō + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aɡ.noˈmen.tum/, [äŋnɔˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aɲ.ɲoˈmen.tum/, [äɲːoˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
agnōmentum n (genitive agnōmentī); second declension
- nickname (especially one denoting an achievement or characteristic)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | agnōmentum | agnōmenta |
| Genitive | agnōmentī | agnōmentōrum |
| Dative | agnōmentō | agnōmentīs |
| Accusative | agnōmentum | agnōmenta |
| Ablative | agnōmentō | agnōmentīs |
| Vocative | agnōmentum | agnōmenta |
Descendants
- Spanish: agnomento
References
- “agnomentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- agnomentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- agnomentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette